Animal trap



Feb. 18, 1930. F RADlKER 1,747,950

ANIMAL TRAP Filed May 11, 192,9

INVENTOR WITNESS:

7 -Patgi1ted Feb. 1 s,1e3o l j l I 1,747,959

I '15, the jaws of the trap or marring the fur of the active position. By this simple arrangement 65 V 25 "I th d i sult that the liability of breaking the leg of 75 v I UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE Application filed May 11, 1929. Serial No. 362,253.

The object of this invention is the provispaced slots 8 that aiford rods Qtherebetween. sion of a trap for fur bearing animals that is Any one of these rods is designed to be enof a construction whereby the same may be gaged by the hooked end 10 of a trigger 11, setwithout the necessity of spreading the the said trigger passing through the opening 5 jaws and the dangers incident thereto and one 4 in the upper arm of the U-shaped spring 5 55 in Which the trigger post has its upper right and designed to be received in the usual notch portion slotted so that the trigger may have 12 of a casting 13 that is pivoted, as at 14, one end adjustably connected with any one between upstanding ears 15 on the plate 6.

. of the bars between the slots and thereby reg- The lug or casting 13 carries the pan 16 on 10 ulate the elevation'of the pan and likewise the top thereof. o0

regulate the tension of the spring for the By my improvement it is merely necessary trap, so that animals of different types may to compress the spring 5 and to swing the be successfully trapped without danger of trigger to engage in the notch 12 in the pan I breaking the leg of the animal engaged by before swinging the jaws 4 to horizontal or animal. v I it will be apparent that the trap can be set To the attainment of the foregoing and without any liability of injury to the trapmany otherobjects which will present themper. By adjustably associating the trigger selves as the nature of the invention is better with the trap the pan may be arranged at 20 understood, the improvement also resides in different elevations and the tension of the certain other novel features of construction, upper and active arm of the U-shaped spring combination and operative association of 5 can be thus regulated so that the force of parts, one satisfactory embodiment of which contact of the jaws 4 with the legs of an is disclosed by the accompanying drawings. animal can be likewise regulated with the re- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a fur bearing the animal and thus permitting the animal to animal trap made in accordance with this escape will be entirely overcome.

invention; The simplicity and advantages of the im- .Figure 2 is a sectional View approximately provement will be readily apparent to those 0n the line 2-2 of Figure 1. skilled in the art to which the invention re- Figure 3 is a perspective View of the triglates without further detailed description, it ger post. I I j v I being merely necessary to state that I do not Figure 4 is a similar view of the trigger wish to be restricted to the size, proportion,

Thebase 1 of thetrap may be of the usual material employed nor to the precise details 3 construction, the same having its ends formed herein set forth and hold myself entitled to with right-angle upstanding portions 2-2, such changes therefrom as fairly fall within respectively. These upstanding portions are the scope of what I claim. provided with spaced openings for the recep- Having descrlbed the invention, 1 claim: tion of the offset 'pintles 3 on the ends of the A trap for fur bearing animals including a side members of substantially U-shaped jaws base having upstanding ends, a U-shaped 4. One of the ends 2 of the, base receives spring having openings adjacent the ends therethrough the round and elongated openthereof arranged over one of the ends, U- ings 44 on the innerjends of a substantially shaped jaws having their ends offset and j our- U-shaped spring 5 for the trap. naled in the upstanding ends of the base, a 45 Fixed on the base, adjacent to the end thereplate fixed on the base and having an upof on which the spring 5 is arranged there is standing end which is slotted to provide the flat or base portion 6 of a trigger post. spaced bars therebetween and said plate hav- The-end of the plate 6, nearest the said end 2 ing its sides, adjacent its opposite end, formed ofthe base, is formed with a rightangular with upstanding ears, a pan having a casting upstanding extension 7 that is provided with on its lower end which is pivoted between the ears, and said casting having its rear portion notched, a trigger plate having a hooked end to engage With any'of the bars of the trigger post and to be received. throughthe opening in the upper arm of the U-shaped spring and to likewise be received in the notch of the casting. v I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRANCIS RADIKER. 

